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What is an esata port?
An Esata port is a port you connect a ESata-compatible storage device (HDD/SSD) to. ESata stands for "External Serial ATA", and as opposed to normal SATA, this port can be found on the outside of the computer so you can easily connect Hard drives to your system. The 2 connectors can't be exchanged.
What company's produce computers with an esata port?
The companies found which product computers with an esata port are as follows: Hewlett Packard, Toshiba and LG. Esata ports could also be purchased as an external hard drive.
What is eSATA and when would you use it?
express Sata basically you can make your internal hard drive external using your esata port the cables are basically the same so all you need is an enclosure that has an esata port, esata is for fast data transfer your can reach speeds over 90mbp/s transferring data.
Can esata ports work with USB?
Short answer: No. They are different and not compatible. Long answer: If the USB 2.0 device happens to be a hard drive that also has an esata port, then you could use the esata port instead.
How do you make 5 sata drives go to one eSATA port?
I am building an external hard drive out of an old PC case and I want to have multiple drives in it to maximize storage capacity. But I want it to plug into only one eSATA port. Are there any adapters or things I can use to do this?
Which is faster an eSATA-600 port or a firewire 800 port?
eSATA-600 at 6.0 Gbps while FireWire runs at 1.2 Gbps.
How do you connect eSATA port?
Look for the eSATA logo next to it. The eSATA logo looks exactly the same as the SATA logo, except that it has the lower case "e" before it.
What is eSata?
eSATA refers to a SATA port located externally near other onboard ports. Hard drives, SSDs, and optical drives can be connected to this. It is a SATA port on the outside of the case. This port is commonly found on cable DVR boxes as well in order to add additional storage capacity to the DVR cable box.
Why Order the following ports according to speed placing the fastest port first fire wire esata usb?
esata-fire wire-usb
Are all external hard-drives compatible with all computers?
No. 1. Some computers don't even support hard drives. 2. Not all of those that do will have a connection for an external one. 3. Not all external connections are the same, so even if one is present, it can't be used with a drive that uses another connector (unless that connection is also present). For instance, you can't use an eSATA drive with a USB port, and you can't use FireWire with an eSATA port. 4. Not all operating systems support portable hard drives connected to a particular interface (though this is increasingly rare).
Which is faster an eSATA port or a FireWire 800 port?
Firewire 800 (IEEE 1394b) has a maximum speed of 800Mbps (Megabits per second). eSATA has a maximum speed of 3.0 Gbps (gigabit per second). So eSATA is faster. In very few scenarios [like transfering a bunch of small files], FireWire will come close, but in most scenarios eSATA will spank it hard. eSATA runs at the same speed as an internal hard drive connection, because it's the exact same thing. It just doesn't have the little L notch. Also keep in mind, some USB and FireWire speed will be lost while being converted from SATA to a signal that they can work with. The signal has to be processed for FireWire and USB to be able to use it. But FireWire 800 is faster than USB 2.0. And it's better for capturing video from cameras. USB 2.0 does a big burst then it slows down, while FireWire maintains a more constant throughput. I don't know of any video cameras that use eSATA. eSATA has been the best thing for external hard drives, until they came out with USB 3.0. It seems to be making eSATA obsolete. I still use eSATA because it's what I have, and it's about 3 times faster than USB 2.0. Also USB 3.0 is good for everything but, e SATA is still best for external hard drives, while FireWire is considered best for video.
When a serial port is used by an external modem the serial port is called the?
In the past external modems connected to the COM (or serial) port. However, most modern external hardware is USB these days, modems are no exception.
